RRB NTPC 28 April 2016 Paper

(2) Frenchman Edouard deLaboulaye first proposed the idea of the Statue of Liberty for the UnitedStates in 1865. Ten years later sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was commissioned to design a sculpture with 1876 in mind for completion, to commemorate the centennial of the AmericanDeclaration of Independence. TheStatue was named “LibertyEnlightening the World” and was a joint effort between America andFrance.